Feminism: Women in sports
Today I learned about Katherine Switzer. She was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as an official, registered competitor.
During her run, she was assaulted by race manager Jock Semple. He tried to grab at her shirt, trying to strip her bib number, trying to tear at it. Please note that the rule book for the Boston Marathon made no mention of gender. But it was widely understood that women were prohibited from running in official competition: the rules of the AAU, which governed the Marathon, declared that women could not compete in AAU-sanctioned races over a mile and a half.
Her predecessor was Bobbi Gibb, an unofficial runner of the marathon. Bibb was rejected from her marathon by the BAA director, stating that "that women were physiologically incapable of running 26 miles". She completed the marathon anyway, despite not being a registered runner.
During Semple's assault, he managed to take off some of Katherine's clothing. Her trainer, Arnie Briggs, tried to stop him but Semple shove him to the ground. At that point, Katherine Switzer's boyfriend, Thomas Miller (SZA certified big boy), threw Semple to the ground himself. This allowed Katherine to complete the marathon.
It is easy to forget how women of history had to fight for the right to even compete in sports. It is easier to forget that they had competed against men in the past. However, it is important to look at our current privilege with gratitude, because we did fight to get here, and will continue to fight in many aspects of our lives as women.
What you take for granted right now, was fought for. Never stop fighting.
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Very dumb idea I had that might end up being a story.
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Do any other Dykes feel like they don't exist on the Butch-Femme scale? or even really connect to it? I myself exhibit buth masculine and feminine characteristics, but I am by no means Futch either, it's honestly kind of irrelevant to other aspects of my gender identity. I personally tend to think of myself as "Blue" to that scale. (I.E. a Blue-Orange axis, where Orange would be traditionally fitting to the scale, and Blue is away from it, alien to it even)
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what’s your muse’s favorite album of all time / favorite artist?
This could be so many of them so I'm picking a few 🫡
Butch: anything by the Stray Cats... Or the Koffin Kats...
Cyrus: imma be fr with you... he can't pick a favorite... it's probably like Pete Seeger or something ngl 😭😭
Flask: any Will Wood (and/or the tapeworms) album but like.. he'd be a HUGE "In case I make it," fan tbh
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speaking of villains being my favorite character we watched spiderman 2 because my wife said that i should kin doc ock and she was right. he was the best part of that movie
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